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National Product sheet (1967)
Exhibit #2018
ConditionMint
Date1967
To1969
OwnerRick Brough
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Product sheet from National Yo-Yo and Bo-Lo Co. Ltd. of Toronto, ON. The string pack pictured on the sheet is 2 strings for 10 cents. That places the sheet from about the mid to late 1960s.

Back in the 60s and into the 1970s, what Duncan Yo-Yo was to the United States, National Yo-Yo was to Canada. A significant difference, however, was that the term "yo-yo" was--and still is today--a registered trademark in Canada. In addition, National was selling only wooden yo-yos that were manufactured in Sweden by Elfverson & Co. They had not yet begun selling plastic yo-yos, unlike Duncan.

Back of sheet is blank.

For an interesting, abbreviated history of Elfverson yo-yos in Canada, see the following website (last accessed October 5, 2015):

http://www.elfverson.se/trissan/Canada.htm

(Unfortunately, the elfverson website is no longer online. However, you can still see archived versions of the website by visiting Internet Archive: Wayback Machine website.)

See also the following:
-1969 National Yo-Yo product sheet
-1973 National Yo-Yo product sheet.

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